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| Unit name |
Structures and Materials 1 |
| Unit code |
AENG11200 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Farrow |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering |
Description including Unit Aims
The behaviour of structures under loads. Includes the properties of various types of materials including composites, the stresses and deformation of individual structural members due to forces acting on them, and aspects of the design and construction of typical aircraft structures.
Aims:
To introduce the mechanical properties and behaviour of materials, internal loads in basic structures, resulting stress, strain and deformation and the architecture of aircraft structures.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the unit the students will be able to:
- describe simple material properties in terms of desirable engineering characteristics,
- comment on reasons for properties of certain metals and ceramics in terms of crystallographic factors,
- classify metals, ceramics, polymers and composites according to a selection of properties and engineering characteristics.
- analyse loads in determinate structures made up of trusses, beams and idealised supports using the principle of equilibrium and free body diagrams.
- analyse stress, strain, deformation and stability of structural elements within simple determinate or indeterminate structures.
Teaching Information
Lectures, example classes, labs
Assessment Information
- A 6% - Assessed questions on Structural Loads (Dr Farrow, wk 5, 10)
- B 6% - Asessed questions on Stress Analysis (Dr Farrow, wk 15, 20)
- C 4% - Assessed question on Materials (Dr Peng, wk 18)
- D 4% - Assessed question Aircraft Structures (Prof Wisnom, wk 19)
- E 4% - Report on Buckling of Struts experiment (Tutors, Lab Timetable)
- F 76% - 3 Hour examination in May/June, 5 questions to be answered out of 7
Reading and References
Examples of recommended reading include:
- Materials Science and Engineering An Introduction. W.D.Callister, Sixth Edition. Wiley, 2003.
- Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, J.F.Shackelford, 5th Edn. Prentice -Hall, 1999.
- The Science and Engineering of Materials, D.R.Askeland, 3rd Edn., Chapman & Hall, 1996.
- Gordon The New Science of Strong Materials and Structures - or Why things don't fall down" Penguin, ISBN 0-14-013628-2
